Brabners advises shareholders of MACD in strategic acquisition by Foconis
Our corporate team advised the shareholders of MACD throughout its acquisition by Foconis, a portfolio company of Main Capital Partners.
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Daniel Hayhurst
Partner
0151 600 3155
07801 285 045
daniel.hayhurst@brabners.com
Daniel is a Partner in our corporate team.
An experienced corporate lawyer, he specialises in private equity and venture capital matters as well as merger and acquisition transactions.
Daniel leads our private equity and venture capital offering, advising sponsors, fund managers, management teams and founder shareholders on venture capital investments, private equity backed buyouts (including MBIs, MBOs and Investor Buyouts) and growth capital transactions.
He's also highly experienced at leading on complex M&A transactions, which often involve an international element.
Daniel is an active member of our technology sector group, where he focuses on assisting high growth tech companies to secure venture capital and private equity investment.
His notable transactions include advising:
- Bidco and Management on the MBO of Associated Polymer Services Ltd
- the shareholders of MACD Limited on a sale of the company to Foconis, a Main Capital Partners portfolio Company
- the shareholders of Rainham Industrial Services on a sale of the company to HIG
- River Capital on numerous venture capital investments
- Cheltenham Independent Financial Advisers on a cross border venture capital investment from Swedish based investor, Soderberg & Partners
- Heatio limited on a venture capital funding round, led by Ascension
- Bikmo on a funding round from Puma Growth Partners
- Red Flag Alert on a funding round from Foresight Private Equity
- Atlas Copco on a series of acquisitions
- buyside on the MBO of Barons Contract Furniture, backed by River Capital
- the shareholders of Sentric Music limited on a sale of the company to Utopia Music
- on the MBI of Process Control Services UK, backed by Panoramic Growth Equity
- the shareholders of Tourism Media Group on the sale of the company to US acquirer, Simpleview
- Mercia Ventures on its £2m investment into FinLegal (Litigationware Limited)
- the University of Liverpool in connection with a number of spin-out projects, including the spin-out and associated funding of Exa Robotic Systems.
Aside from his transactional work, Daniel is also experienced in advising on the establishment and management of investment funds, including the formation of Private Fund Limited Partnership funds and the establishment and management of EIS funds.
Clients praise Daniel’s “high quality advice that combines strong commercial awareness” and his “in-depth knowledge and responsiveness”.
Daniel’s clients include BGF, Mercia Asset Management PLC, River Capital, Red Flag Alert Technology Group, Bikmo, the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the University of Liverpool.
Daniel joined us in 2013 and was promoted to Partner in 2023.
“I have worked with Daniel Hayhurst on a number of VC/PE transactions in the last five years with a particular emphasis on early stage and growth capital deals. He has also provided advice on our own corporate structure and reorganisations. Daniel has the knack of providing high-quality advice that combines a strong commercial awareness of the underlying transaction with excellent and succinct drafting. He is always readily available and responds rapidly to all communication. Documentation is always delivered within agreed timeframes... and fees (which are extremely reasonable). I have no hesitation in recommending Daniel.”
Senior Partner, 350 Investment Partners
“It was a pleasure working with Daniel Hayhurst, Olayanju Phillips and the team at Brabners on the Series A equity investment by Puma Investments into Bikmo. We are very pleased with the quality of advice, in-depth knowledge and responsiveness demonstrated by the corporate team, who advised us on and negotiated the transaction documents throughout the deal and managed the process from start to finish. Their assistance was invaluable in bringing the funding round to a successful close.”
CFO, Bikmo
“I have worked with Andrew O’Mahony and Daniel Hayhurst over several years and regard them both as trusted advisers. The last matter they assisted me with was complex and required a rapid resolution. We sent across a raft of information and having conducted an initial review, between us we were quickly able to highlight the key commercial issues in a face to face meeting. I was a very satisfied client.”
Managing Director, Regional Venture Funds, Mercia Asset Management plc
“Andrew O’Mahony and Daniel Hayhurst were fantastic all the way through the process. It was great to have them in our corner.”
Seller, Class Delta Limited
“We were delighted with the work of Brabners’ team. Mark Rathbone and Daniel Hayhurst were excellent, really easy to work with. We couldn’t have been in better hands.”
CEO, Gas Tag
“I was totally satisfied and extremely pleased with the way Brabners handled the very complex sale of our business. Throughout the process Mark Rathbone, Daniel Hayhurst and Ross Shine were excellent at keeping us informed of all aspects of the negotiations. Where necessary they gave us timely, reliable and comprehensible advice. They inspired total confidence at all times and I would have no hesitation in recommending them to handle any corporate transactions.”
Owner, Linthwaite Hotel
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